Commodity price boom lifts AECI’s H1 earnings

Chemicals group AECI has reported a 120 per cent jump in headline earnings per share for the six months ended June. This is from the previous comparable period. The company - encouraged by the mining commodity price boom and the recovery from Covid-19 declared an interim dividend of 180 cents, 80 per cent higher than the same period last year. Mark Dytor, CEO at AECI joins CNBC Africa for more.